The MRP Foundation Education Programme has been implemented since 2019 in 98 primary schools in KwaZulu-Natal, the Western Cape, Gauteng and the Free State. The programme assists and supports the schools to improve their learner performance through a ‘holistic approach’ focusing on: School leadership and management development, educator development, parent and community involvement and learner development. The four components being implemented by JET are: Planning and Organisation; School leadership and management; Teacher Development; and Parental Involvement.
GDE’s Education Roadmap 2019-2024. Priority 1: “Complete the universalisation of Grade R and Begin the preparations for the introduction of Grade RR”
JET was contracted by GIZ to develop a knowledge management strategy and implementation guideline for the two ATVET projects. The work also entailed the design and production of knowledge products and capacitating and mentoring GIZ-CAADP ATVET, ATVET4W and AUDA-NEPAD staff.
The goal of Injini is to improve education outcomes across Africa through supporting EdTech entrepreneurs with solutions that are relevant, evidence based, effective and scalable, and can address challenges of access and quality.
The Jobs Fund has appointed JET Education Services to undertake a three-year longitudinal tracer study of beneficiaries of 10 projects funded under the Enterprise Development (ED) and Support for Work Seekers (SFW) Funding Windows.
The Jala Peo ("Plant the Seed" in Sepedi) School Food and Nutrition Garden (SFNG) Initiative is a Department of Basic Education (DBE) project. The seeding is funded by WesBank Fund, managed by Tshikululu Social Investments & the implementation of the project is managed by JET Education Services. The vision of the “Jala Peo Initiative” is framed within the context of the National Develoment Plan (NDP) and the DBE’s Action Plan to 2019: Towards the realisation of schooling 2030
As an educational research agency with a non-profit motive, JET is contributing to the coordination of COVID-19 preventative measures and also coordination of efforts nationally and internationally.
JET was contracted to undertake an evaluation of the programme, beginning with a retrospective evaluation to establish a baseline. PfP was able to secure sustainability funding based on the results of the retrospective evaluation.
The FPI provides training in LtP, learning materials and manipulatives, and aims to integrate play into the Foundation Phase (i.e. Grade R to Grade 3) curriculum.
Future Nation Schools (FNS) aim to spearhead the African education revolution by providing an educational model that is relevant, futuristic, and technology enabled; that epitomises excellence; and that is capable of producing future African leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators who are passionate, confident in themselves, excel at what they do, and are ready for the 21st century. FNS intend to achieve this by building a network of high quality and affordable independent schools across South Africa.
Reos Partners, in partnership with JET Education Services and the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (merSETA), have published a guide on scenarios to align skills supply and demand through interoperable data platforms. The four scenarios offer alternative possible trajectories into the future as a provocation, inviting you to expand your ideas about how the current situation might evolve. We hope that doing so will help you discern what you may need to anticipate.
A guide on using scenarios to align skills supply & demand through interoperable data platforms.
JET Education Services is seeking to appoint two interns in its Data and Statistics Division.
On the 24th October 2022, JET Education Services, in partnership with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) and the UK Open University (OU), hosted a live roundtable discussion on the results of the Trust, Capacity and Accountability study conducted in South African primary schools.
Webinar on education for sustainable development (ESD) and COVID-19 in southern africa. Intersecting perspectives on why water, food, and livelihoods matter in transforming education for sustainable futures on the 20th May 2021, 10h00-12h00 SAST
A live roundtable webinar: Collaborating for parental involvement: a new trajectory for educational outcomes. What strategies are needed to improve educational outcomes? On 27 May 2021, Reos Partners and JET Education Services host a live roundtable discussion, exploring how to improve the trajectory of educational outcomes through collaboration.
gLOCAL Evaluation Week 2021: Sharing local & global M&E knowledge
gLOCAL Evaluation Week 2021: Sharing local & global M&E knowledge
This paper argues that connectivity has become a means for learners to enjoy their right to education, and in the times of COVID-19, has proven to be one of the determinants of learners’ access to education. In light of this, our view is that the right to education should be expanded to include access to connectivity.
Our second JET Exchanges learning brief focuses on access to internet connectivity – the rights of learners in the post-COVID-19 era in Africa
Webinar on education for sustainable development (ESD) and COVID-19 in southern africa. Intersecting perspectives on why water, food, and livelihoods matter in transforming education for sustainable futures took place on the 20th May 2021, 10h00-12h00 SAST. Please download the webinar resources below.
JET Education Services seeks to appoint a Researcher in their Implementation and Innovation Division.
Technology and Measurement around the Globe (TMAG) presentation by James Keevy and Kelly Shiohira, representing JET Education Services
JET and the merSETA requires services of a bidder to conduct a knowledge audit, a knowledge management maturity assessment, and set up a knowledge repository as part of the Knowledge Management component of the merSETA’s Digital Ecosystem Programme.
This paper gives a brief introduction and background to parental and caregiver2 involvement in schools, particularly in rural schools in South Africa, through reviewing some of the literature on the subject. It also presents some suggestions on what can be done to improve parental involvement in rural schools. The intention of this paper is to stimulate discussion on this important aspect of school improvement.
Our third JET Exchanges learning brief focuses on Parental involvement for school improvement: A South African perspective
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Enterprise Architecture for the merSETA’s digital ecosystem as part of the PSET cloud programme
The passing of Professor Audrey Msimanga
JET Education Services seeks to appoint an Accountant for their projects.
The Trialogue Business in Society Handbook 2020 (23rd edition) looks at the effect of the pandemic and examines what the private sector and civil society are doing to augment the public sector’s response.
Mandela Day is commemorated annually on the 18th July, a celebration of our collective power to create a global movement for good and make a positive impact on the world.
JET Education Services seeks to appoint a gardener/ handyman
In 2020, JET Education Services mounted a series of research bootcamps which grew from a few themes in South Africa to a presence in Southern Africa and later on also across 55 Commonwealth countries. One of the research themes was 'Fake news'. See some of the useful resource outputs.
Taking a systemic approach to parental involvement in education
JET Education Services celebrates its 30th anniversary next year in 2022. Leading up to the milestone celebration, our JETSetters have started a series of conversations. The first episode is “Infinity and Beyond, and now...” Watch JET Talks, episode 1 of 10:
Value proposition of JETsetters
SAMEA welcomes three new Institutional Members namely JET Education Services, Gauteng Provincial Legislature and IKHALA Public TVET College
JET Education Services seeks to appoint a Programme Support Officer for the Teacher Internship Collaboration South Africa (TICZA) Project.
Enablers To Accelerate Youth Employment At Scale authored by JET Education Services: Andrew Paterson, Kelly Shiohira and Amkelwa Mapatwana
Think Education. Think JET. Out of the box approaches with evidence.
In order to establish whether the integration of technology and the resulting "blended learning" approach is, in fact, resulting in instructional model change, the Clayton Christensen Institute undertook a survey study among a small sample of schools in Brazil, Malaysia and South Africa. The findings have been released in a report, “Blended beyond borders”.
This is a set of draft study guides for students who are training to teach reading and writing in Primary Schools. They can be used as self-study material and all include study short self-tests for each unit in each study guide. The full set is still in development and six study guides are currently available.
This is a short introductory overview of the teaching of reading. It introduces some of the terminology and key concepts associated with literacy and the teaching of reading. Outlines are provided of the key processes in learning to read and of the necessary components of effective reading instruction programmes. It includes short self-tests for each unit in the Guide. As an introductory overview it does not provide specific instruction on the techniques used in teaching reading and writing, whether for home language or in a first additional language.
This is a very basic introduction to the linguistic (language study) terminology and concepts that underlie the teaching of reading and writing. It provides the essential linguistic concepts for teaching reading. Though suitable for all teachers of South African languages, many of the examples given in the study guide are particularly useful for those who will teach in Sesotho or IsiZulu. The study guide is an adaptation of Sesotho and isiZulu Reading Project (SIRP) material.
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